Publication: Digital patriarchy: female talent retention in the ICT sector
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2019-12-04
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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En una sociedad cada vez más tecnológica, las mujeres continúan infrarrepresentadas en el sector TIC y, muy especialmente, en los puestos de toma de decisión. La brecha de género tecnológico tiene importantes consecuencias sociales desde el punto de vista del empleo futuro y del diseño de una sociedad androcéntrica sin perspectiva de género. La investigación se centra en identificar las barreras de carácter más sutil a la presencia femenina en los entornos tecnológicos corporativos a través del análisis del marco teórico existente y, especialmente, desde el punto de vista de las autoras Rosabeth M. Kanter, desde la teoría de comportamiento organizacional, y Judy Wajcman, desde la teoría feminista. El estudio se complementa con un análisis cualitativo basado en entrevistas con mujeres del sector TIC en España. La investigación aporta una perspectiva metodológica feminista de investigación, que difiere parcialmente de la investigaciónt radicional, y que reconoce las contribuciones únicas de las experiencias de las mujeres a la producción de conocimiento, las relaciones de poder en la investigación, el interés propio y las experiencias sobre el tema investigado y la elaboración conjunta de nuevas narrativas.
In an increasingly technological society, women remain underrepresented in the ICTsector and, especially, in decision-making positions. The technological gender gap has important social consequences from the point of view of future employment and the design of an androcentric society without a gender perspective. The research focuses on identifying the underlying barriers to female presence in technological corporations through the analysis of the existing theoretical framework and, especially, from the pointof view of Rosabeth M. Kanter, from the theory of organizational behaviour perspective, and Judy Wajcman, from the feminist theory perspective. The thesis is complemented by a field work, where results are contextualized to the Spanish ICT sector through a qualitative analysis based on interviews with a sample of ICT women workers. The study holds a feminist methodology research perspective, that partially differs from traditional research, acknowledging unique contributions to knowledge production of women experiences, power relations in research, own interest and experiences on the topic andjoint elaboration of new narratives and relationships.
In an increasingly technological society, women remain underrepresented in the ICTsector and, especially, in decision-making positions. The technological gender gap has important social consequences from the point of view of future employment and the design of an androcentric society without a gender perspective. The research focuses on identifying the underlying barriers to female presence in technological corporations through the analysis of the existing theoretical framework and, especially, from the pointof view of Rosabeth M. Kanter, from the theory of organizational behaviour perspective, and Judy Wajcman, from the feminist theory perspective. The thesis is complemented by a field work, where results are contextualized to the Spanish ICT sector through a qualitative analysis based on interviews with a sample of ICT women workers. The study holds a feminist methodology research perspective, that partially differs from traditional research, acknowledging unique contributions to knowledge production of women experiences, power relations in research, own interest and experiences on the topic andjoint elaboration of new narratives and relationships.
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología, leída el 21-10-2019